Rank/Rate: Motor Machinist’s Mate, Second Class

Service Number: 295 96 01

Birth Date: August 7, 1923

From: Wolf Creek, Tennessee

Decorations: Purple Heart

Submarine: USS Albacore (SS-218)

Loss Date: November 7, 1944

Location: Near 41° 49’N x 141° 11’E, off northern Japan

Circumstances: Sunk by a mine

Remarks: Photo courtesy of Jack Spratt, nephew, via Jim Converse. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS Albacore (SS-218)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Albacore (SS-218)

Find a Grave Memorial: MoMM2 Joe Lewis Spratt (Honolulu Memorial)